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Workhouse
Young Lady Chastity Fitzhugh was a wealthy heiress. She was also by nature a lover of women and a sexual sadist. However, she was a sadist lacking any victims, since Victorian propriety made any kind of sexual adventure nearly impossible for an unmarried woman. Then she was inspired by the example of the newly reformed Workhouses for the poor, which subjected the inmates to a harsh and draconian regime. There were no equivalent institutions in existence to aid upper class women in financial difficulty, or to provide them with educational opportunities. Inspired by the workhouses, Chastity creates the Lady House, a place of refuge and hope for (attractive) impoverished ladies of good breeding and backgrounds – provided they committed themselves completely to satisfying Chastity's lustful desires.
Victorian naughtiness, lesbian sex, flagellation and delicious sexual torments await all visitors to the Lady House – and you are most cordially invited.
Victorian naughtiness, lesbian sex, flagellation and delicious sexual torments await all visitors to the Lady House – and you are most cordially invited.
- GenresBDSMEroticaHistorical
225 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 2, 2011
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About the author
V.W. Singer
37 books96 followersReal, hardcore S&M erotica in the vein of books like Sadopaideia, A Man and A Maid, the novels of F.E.Campbell, and even the outright porn of the "Bizarre Library" series seems to have entirely died in today's market.
What we have is either BDSM "lifestyle" and Ds stories or "Erotica", basically bodice rippers with more sexual detail.
After going blind searching the bookstores and Internet for anything to suite my taste, I was driven to write my own. Stories with real, well researched plots and characters, but enough S&M action to work as stroke fiction if that's what the reader wants (needs?).
I'm a successful professional, so I know what the "real world" is like. I'm widely traveled and multilingual. I do nude photography and CGI art, so I know what naked women actually look like, and I have wielded a whip and used it on (willing) women from all over the world.
If you too are looking for something harder than just sexed up romance, take a look at my books. Note that NONE of my books fall under the category of "Erotic Romance".
And if you are looking for some interesting SF/Horror have a look at the book "Vampire-Tech" which is by me too.
What we have is either BDSM "lifestyle" and Ds stories or "Erotica", basically bodice rippers with more sexual detail.
After going blind searching the bookstores and Internet for anything to suite my taste, I was driven to write my own. Stories with real, well researched plots and characters, but enough S&M action to work as stroke fiction if that's what the reader wants (needs?).
I'm a successful professional, so I know what the "real world" is like. I'm widely traveled and multilingual. I do nude photography and CGI art, so I know what naked women actually look like, and I have wielded a whip and used it on (willing) women from all over the world.
If you too are looking for something harder than just sexed up romance, take a look at my books. Note that NONE of my books fall under the category of "Erotic Romance".
And if you are looking for some interesting SF/Horror have a look at the book "Vampire-Tech" which is by me too.
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August 4, 2015
This book was a first for me. First Victorian/historical and first FGT. I was a little skeptical about the book because of the time period, but a friend suggested the book after a discussion on f/f and SM and it sounded interesting so I gave it a go. Now, after reading this book I can say that I am in fact not a fan of the Victorian stuff, but it wasn't awful, and the FGT in it was very enjoyable to read. There were a few times that had me saying yes please. And others that had me covering my lady bits and saying and saying no, no, no. Overall a good read and a solid 4 stars.
April 17, 2014
The Lady House is Lady Chastity Fitzhugh's solution to multiple problems at once.
Lesbianism was difficult to indulge in, when it was socially unacceptable. Sadism and BDSM similarly so.
She hits on the idea to open a workhouse for middle to upper class ladies down on their luck, who she can coax into lesbian sex and sadism, while improving their lot in life through tradeskills and learning, as well as connecting young ladies to job opportunities.
The plot is just the telling of the story of Lady Fitzhugh, so this is mostly erotica. It is well written, though.
Characters were good, and had their own voice but there were so many of them! I would have preferred if Chastity/molly or Chastity/Minerva had been the focus, rather than Chastity/everyone.
Sex/sadism scenes were pretty hot. I'm not a masochist, and am much more into the D/s them the S&m portion, but even I found it hot. If you are into female genital torture, you'll be in heaven.
So, four stars. If this was more romantic, or more D/s, it might have gotten to five stars! I liked it.
***Author provided a copy free, with no requirement to review***
Lesbianism was difficult to indulge in, when it was socially unacceptable. Sadism and BDSM similarly so.
She hits on the idea to open a workhouse for middle to upper class ladies down on their luck, who she can coax into lesbian sex and sadism, while improving their lot in life through tradeskills and learning, as well as connecting young ladies to job opportunities.
The plot is just the telling of the story of Lady Fitzhugh, so this is mostly erotica. It is well written, though.
Characters were good, and had their own voice but there were so many of them! I would have preferred if Chastity/molly or Chastity/Minerva had been the focus, rather than Chastity/everyone.
Sex/sadism scenes were pretty hot. I'm not a masochist, and am much more into the D/s them the S&m portion, but even I found it hot. If you are into female genital torture, you'll be in heaven.
So, four stars. If this was more romantic, or more D/s, it might have gotten to five stars! I liked it.
***Author provided a copy free, with no requirement to review***
July 21, 2015
This book was so very different to anything I have read before. It wasn't as dark as I expected but it was no fairy tale either. It had elements of FF relationships but was far from a lesbian romance.
I was fascinated reading about what drove the women in the story to seek out Lady Fitzhugh’s workhouse, not that everyone was permitted. The selection process was just as interesting.
Once permitted the women had to live by certain rules, and god help them if they misbehaved or broke them.
The Punishments had me delighted and clapping, yet squirming and crossing my legs at the same time. It was interesting reading how the same punishment could break one woman yet another could find intense pleasure from the pain and become highly aroused.
The plot is well crafted and thought out. The author clearly put a lot of time into making it as authentic as possible given the era it is set in. However that is where it fell short of 5 stars for me.
A fifth of the story was more of an educational of historical lingo. A number of times I had to stop and google words to find out the meaning, which of course threw me out of the story.
I would recommend this story to people who enjoy a darker erotic read, with discipline & canning. If you are not a fan of FF action don’t let that stop you from picking up this book as it is about so very much more than girl on girl action.
I was fascinated reading about what drove the women in the story to seek out Lady Fitzhugh’s workhouse, not that everyone was permitted. The selection process was just as interesting.
Once permitted the women had to live by certain rules, and god help them if they misbehaved or broke them.
The Punishments had me delighted and clapping, yet squirming and crossing my legs at the same time. It was interesting reading how the same punishment could break one woman yet another could find intense pleasure from the pain and become highly aroused.
The plot is well crafted and thought out. The author clearly put a lot of time into making it as authentic as possible given the era it is set in. However that is where it fell short of 5 stars for me.
A fifth of the story was more of an educational of historical lingo. A number of times I had to stop and google words to find out the meaning, which of course threw me out of the story.
I would recommend this story to people who enjoy a darker erotic read, with discipline & canning. If you are not a fan of FF action don’t let that stop you from picking up this book as it is about so very much more than girl on girl action.
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Author's Comments
The Workhouse was invented in Victorian Britain (mostly England) as a solution to the masses of poor and homeless that flooded the streets of the cities. They were created with the best of intentions. Shelter, food, rehabilitation from the scourge of drunkenness, reducing the endemic prostitution, all in the name of social good and godliness. Giant complexes in which the poor were housed, clothed, fed, and put to useful work.
But like most good intentions, things quickly took an unexpected turn. The people hired to manage the Workhouses were not motivated by such high ideals. The opportunity for corruption, theft of funds, and sheer bullying was too much for most to resist. Families were split up, men, women, and children, each to their own Workhouse or section in the name of morality. In the name of cleanliness, inmates were regularly required to undress in communal bathrooms and be scrubbed down in freezing cold water with stiff, skin tearing brushes. Naturally the staff quickly took advantage of this to further their own pleasures.
While the staff were urged to be kind, they were allowed to employ corporal punishment on recalcitrant inmates. Since the staff were the sole judges of who was naughty, there was a lot of punishment.
Most of England's poor learned to avoid the Workhouses unless they had no other choice.
With this as the background, I considered the opportunity the Workhouse movement provided for a wealthy but seriously kinky and homosexual woman of the upper classes. Private charity was much admired and encouraged during the Victorian era. The workhouses were open only to the poor of the lower classes. A woman of the middle or upper classes was supposed to find other means of self support. Marriage mostly, or becoming a governess.
But marriage was not always possible, and the life of a governess could be a living hell, and even then, it rarely provided enough for a woman to save up for her old age. Private education was possible, as was apprenticeship, but both cost a lot of money or needed luck and an introduction.
What then about a private Workhouse for upper class women of reduced means? Our perverted heiress could help women of her own class, and simply by applying the same rules as a public workhouse, she would have almost complete access to the inmate's bodies. She could not specify sexual activity, but the incentive of more money, better training, and so forth would undoubtedly provide the necessary incentive for at least some, the best and most ambitious of the women inmates to agree. The disgrace of prostitution would be avoided, their reputation would remain intact, and their futures guaranteed.
Will the sexual plans of our naughty heiress work out? What will the lives of the women who fight to be admitted be like? How will it all end?
F/F sex, heavy S/M, humiliation, public sexual exhibitions and more all await in this book.
http://www.a1adultebooks.com
http://www.tabooreading.com/
Author's Comments
The Workhouse was invented in Victorian Britain (mostly England) as a solution to the masses of poor and homeless that flooded the streets of the cities. They were created with the best of intentions. Shelter, food, rehabilitation from the scourge of drunkenness, reducing the endemic prostitution, all in the name of social good and godliness. Giant complexes in which the poor were housed, clothed, fed, and put to useful work.
But like most good intentions, things quickly took an unexpected turn. The people hired to manage the Workhouses were not motivated by such high ideals. The opportunity for corruption, theft of funds, and sheer bullying was too much for most to resist. Families were split up, men, women, and children, each to their own Workhouse or section in the name of morality. In the name of cleanliness, inmates were regularly required to undress in communal bathrooms and be scrubbed down in freezing cold water with stiff, skin tearing brushes. Naturally the staff quickly took advantage of this to further their own pleasures.
While the staff were urged to be kind, they were allowed to employ corporal punishment on recalcitrant inmates. Since the staff were the sole judges of who was naughty, there was a lot of punishment.
Most of England's poor learned to avoid the Workhouses unless they had no other choice.
With this as the background, I considered the opportunity the Workhouse movement provided for a wealthy but seriously kinky and homosexual woman of the upper classes. Private charity was much admired and encouraged during the Victorian era. The workhouses were open only to the poor of the lower classes. A woman of the middle or upper classes was supposed to find other means of self support. Marriage mostly, or becoming a governess.
But marriage was not always possible, and the life of a governess could be a living hell, and even then, it rarely provided enough for a woman to save up for her old age. Private education was possible, as was apprenticeship, but both cost a lot of money or needed luck and an introduction.
What then about a private Workhouse for upper class women of reduced means? Our perverted heiress could help women of her own class, and simply by applying the same rules as a public workhouse, she would have almost complete access to the inmate's bodies. She could not specify sexual activity, but the incentive of more money, better training, and so forth would undoubtedly provide the necessary incentive for at least some, the best and most ambitious of the women inmates to agree. The disgrace of prostitution would be avoided, their reputation would remain intact, and their futures guaranteed.
Will the sexual plans of our naughty heiress work out? What will the lives of the women who fight to be admitted be like? How will it all end?
F/F sex, heavy S/M, humiliation, public sexual exhibitions and more all await in this book.
March 25, 2021
This is bad, y'all. And not because the sex is all about extreme pain and torture - I mean, the author does warn about that - but the storyline is just pure trash. It's the worst kind of classist take on Victorian England I've ever read. And despite it being filled with female characters, the narrative is firmly entrenched in a patriarchal perspective.
First: take the content warning seriously. I'll admit, I bought (OUCH and am I sorry I spent real money on this) this book because I was curious. What does "real hardcore S&M" mean? Uh, turns out it means female genital torture. I can handle some light humiliation, caning/spanking, whips etc. in my erotica. I have read (and enjoyed) some pretty intense stuff -or so I thought - including scenes where the violence draws blood. But turns out what we have here in this book was very emphatically Not My Kink. From about halfway on, reading the sex scenes was an exercise in torture itself, ha. I was wincing my way through the pages. There are some horrid scenarios I will never get out of my mind after this.
But it was honestly made all the worse because the story was just so goddamn godawful. We are in Victorian England, and following the wealthy Lady Chastity (yes, really EYEROLL) Fitzhugh, as she opens a workhouse for "upper class women in financial difficulties." This is no charitable endeavor: Chastity just wants to find women that she can entice into "hardcore S&M" with her. And only the nice, semi-wealthy ones of course! We know it's not truly charitable because all the uggos get tossed out and Chastity only keeps the beautiful ones. She's abetted in this endeavor by her governess or something, a former "lady of the night" who gives her ideas about how to entrap these women.
Oh, I know: the narrative make a big goddamn deal about how "no one is forced" and "everyone must consent to any activity." Uuhhh, did it ever occur to you that playing on financial needs is a form of manipulation under which true consent isn't possible? As if sensing the weakness of this, the author even has the women in the workhouse parrot back these fallacies: "oh my, this place is strange, but I did choose to be here, so better go right ahead and do what this lovely rich lady says!" To give further cover, the author has Chastity form an "incentive" program that offers more money to any women that engage in kink with her. So that's supposed to be a motivation as well - these women want to make more money. But they also like what's happening! It stretches credibility so bad.
There are a trio of women that buy into this stupid charade, and I guess we're supposed to follow them as characters, but they are honestly hard to tell apart. They are only distinguishable by their sexual history - like, one of them's not a virgin? Oh yeah, which brings me to: there's a totally big deal made out of "virginity" in this book, which is a thing that men made up to control women. (Fight me.) It's disappointing that in an environment filled with women this idea isn't challenged at all.
Anyway, aside from all the incredibly terrible and regressive politics underpinning this story, as mentioned above, none of the characters are developed very much except Chastity, who represents a pretty reprehensible classist and morally compromised position. The period details are like window dressing, the dialogue is stilted, and the conflict (competition among the women?) is really dumb. The only thing that's even a shred good, is you can tell the sex scenes are written by someone who's been down this road.
But that is very emphatically not nearly enough to save this book. IT IS TERRIBLE. I have to believe that even if you want to read female genital torture (WHY?!), there's much, much better stuff out there.
First: take the content warning seriously. I'll admit, I bought (OUCH and am I sorry I spent real money on this) this book because I was curious. What does "real hardcore S&M" mean? Uh, turns out it means female genital torture. I can handle some light humiliation, caning/spanking, whips etc. in my erotica. I have read (and enjoyed) some pretty intense stuff -or so I thought - including scenes where the violence draws blood. But turns out what we have here in this book was very emphatically Not My Kink. From about halfway on, reading the sex scenes was an exercise in torture itself, ha. I was wincing my way through the pages. There are some horrid scenarios I will never get out of my mind after this.
But it was honestly made all the worse because the story was just so goddamn godawful. We are in Victorian England, and following the wealthy Lady Chastity (yes, really EYEROLL) Fitzhugh, as she opens a workhouse for "upper class women in financial difficulties." This is no charitable endeavor: Chastity just wants to find women that she can entice into "hardcore S&M" with her. And only the nice, semi-wealthy ones of course! We know it's not truly charitable because all the uggos get tossed out and Chastity only keeps the beautiful ones. She's abetted in this endeavor by her governess or something, a former "lady of the night" who gives her ideas about how to entrap these women.
Oh, I know: the narrative make a big goddamn deal about how "no one is forced" and "everyone must consent to any activity." Uuhhh, did it ever occur to you that playing on financial needs is a form of manipulation under which true consent isn't possible? As if sensing the weakness of this, the author even has the women in the workhouse parrot back these fallacies: "oh my, this place is strange, but I did choose to be here, so better go right ahead and do what this lovely rich lady says!" To give further cover, the author has Chastity form an "incentive" program that offers more money to any women that engage in kink with her. So that's supposed to be a motivation as well - these women want to make more money. But they also like what's happening! It stretches credibility so bad.
There are a trio of women that buy into this stupid charade, and I guess we're supposed to follow them as characters, but they are honestly hard to tell apart. They are only distinguishable by their sexual history - like, one of them's not a virgin? Oh yeah, which brings me to: there's a totally big deal made out of "virginity" in this book, which is a thing that men made up to control women. (Fight me.) It's disappointing that in an environment filled with women this idea isn't challenged at all.
Anyway, aside from all the incredibly terrible and regressive politics underpinning this story, as mentioned above, none of the characters are developed very much except Chastity, who represents a pretty reprehensible classist and morally compromised position. The period details are like window dressing, the dialogue is stilted, and the conflict (competition among the women?) is really dumb. The only thing that's even a shred good, is you can tell the sex scenes are written by someone who's been down this road.
But that is very emphatically not nearly enough to save this book. IT IS TERRIBLE. I have to believe that even if you want to read female genital torture (WHY?!), there's much, much better stuff out there.
January 13, 2022
Written by a man trying to pretend he knows something about female pleasure, let alone lesbians🙄
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